原文
Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by airplanes. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
译文
消防队员与这场森林大火搏斗了三个星期火势才得到有效的控制。在一段时间之前，参天大树的大树还覆盖了这里方圆数公里的乡村。而现在，烟还是从山上发热的地面升起。冬天快要来到了，这些山对于城镇来说有着毁灭性的危险，大雨不仅仅会冲走土壤，而且会引起大洪水。当大火最终被扑灭，森林的管理者尽订购了好几顿能快速生长的特殊类型的草籽。他们通过飞机大量播撒草籽到地面上。在飞机播撒草籽将近一个月之后，雨开始下了。然而到那个时候，很多地方的草都开始生根了。一片片绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的大地上，代替已经在这里生长了几个世纪的参天大树。
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